The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sumtime lay down in this world together for a fu minnits, but when the lion kums tew git up, the lamb will be missing.
[The lion and the lamb may, possibly, sometime lay own in this world together for a few minutes, but when the lion comes to get up, the lamb will be missing.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Affurisms: Slips of the Pen The Complete Works of Josh Billings (1876)
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Thanks, Robert.